58 species Shark Jaws for Sale, 3,000+ Jaws, Weird Sharks

Rick is a semi-retired attorney (AND drummer in a band) living in the Charleston SC area with a lovely wife, children & grandchildren who approached us via email to trade his smaller, better great white shark jaw for our bigger "Mr. Ugly" great white shark jaw. He had been collecting shark jaws for years, and enjoyed catch & release fishing for many years.

We not only made the trade, but took Rick up on the offer to start prepping some 4000+ shark jaws we had recently acquired that needed re-soaking, shaping, identifying species, etc. to be able to sell them along with our other jaws. Here is just half of the jaws we had unloaded into a semi container, waiting to be processed/reworked in October of 2011.

Rick did a superb job on the jaws over the two years, improving his skills and his choice of tools and supplies exponentially along the way. Here's a list of the species shown on our site for sale that he has reworked:

Blacktip, Blue, Bramble, bull, copper, dusky, galapagos, goblin, great white, hammerhead, hemipristis, lemon, mako, nurse, sandbar, shark ray, six gill, silvertip, silky, spinner, spottail, thresher, tiger, white tip reef, zebra shark jaws (photo examples below.

He discovered that his real passion was working with shark jaws as a second career. So we offered to set up a web page to offer his services. If you have a jaw that needs work, contact him directly at:

Rick Stringer

[email protected]

Telephone

(South Carolina time, 9am to 5pm EST) 843-588-2103

3/1/2023

SUPER RARE, EXTREMELY RARE,

STRATOSPHERE LEVEL OF
RARE MALE MEGAMOUTH SHARK JAW

THIS IS THE ONLY MALE MEGAMOUTH EVER OFFERED FOR SALE COMMERCIALLY IN THE WORLD.

ACQUIRED FROM DR. GORDON HUBBELL in 2 pieces, unfinished. Restored by RICK STRINGER

#SJ255-15

Full Jaw

We call it the "Humpty Dumpty" jaw.
TEETH ARE LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL, average 1/2" primary teeth top & bottom

Upper Jaw

Lower Jaw

Inside Upper Jaw

Inside Lower Jaw

RESTORATION COMPLETED BY RICK STRINGER
It is displayed on wood backing with screw holders on each side
Measures: 25-5/8" wide x 24-1/2" tall x 5-1/2" deepest

$29,800
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Progression of restoration:

1/15/24 It was in rough shape - missing 8" on one end and several areas cut haphazardly. Jaw is in 2 pieces.

1/18/24 The good news is that the teeth are VERY NICE. Once it dries completely I'll add on to the missing end of the lower left jaw and put it together.

2/8/24 I had to re-soak part of the lower jaw, soon I can add the missing part. Also some adding on to the upper where it was butchered. Patience!

2/17/24 The jaw is finally coming together. I've soaked areas thre times trying to get the geometry correct. Takes forever to dry. The missing lobe is now being manipulated to mimic the other side which was mostly there except for a couple of inches. I'm also going to mimic the wrinkles in the epoxy repaired areas to match the natural parts. A difficult jaw but should be finished in a few.

2/21/24 It's been a long road but it's finally in one piece again. Now to finish the cosmetics, matching the repairs to the natural colors of the jaw. Wish me luck!

2/25/24 Coming along. Going to try and mimic the wrinkles. They are pretty dark so matching the repairs will be a challenge. Teeth are pretty awesome and in great natural shape. Back in one piece soon. Later that day: FINALLY FINISHED!!

Click here to see our Megamouth Shark Items
page 9 Shark Jaws

9/22/18

JUNIOR MR. UGLY now called MR. NOT UGLY
GREAT WHITE SHARK JAW

#SJ-130-8

MEASURES 13-1/8” wide x 10-3/4” tall
7/8” long measurement on principal teeth

We called him JUNIOR UGLY when we got him.

Here are the BEFORE photos

Note: I am pointing out the skin and gum that were removed for separate sale,
#SJ130-9 through 13

After 20 hours of professional re-preparation by Rick Stringer, we now call him “MR. NOT UGLY”

Here are Rick’s comments: “It is a challenging jaw. The little bastard impaled me pretty good; my fault for not putting tape on the teeth. Then yesterday I had to remove the lower jaw reconstruction and start over as it just wasn't lining up, so there's that. But on the plus side those are the nicest teeth I've seen. This shark must have been caught in a net I'm thinking.”

FINISHED!

Here's the last batch of jaws we received back from Rick that will soon be documented & added to the website
Bramble shark jaws	Mainly bull & spinner shark jaws	The whole batch
...and one batch of all the zebra shark jaws, that Rick said he thought would never end. These are already on the site.

"AFTER" photos of a few of the jaws Rick prepped for Where on Earth. We don't have "before" photos, but believe me, they needed work
Bluntnose six gill	Bramble	Bull shark	Tiger shark
Blue shark; even though this jaw was preserved in its first life with formaldehyde, Rick was able to improve it	Shortfin mako	Zebra shark	Galapagos shark
Goblin shark jaw

JAW PREPARATION

The process in cleaning and preparing a jaw is not as easy as some suggest. An ant hill or even flesh consuming beetles will not work. The only way to properly prep a jaw is to remove ALL of the flesh, a time consuming and tedious task.

After that the jaws must be soaked in an industrial peroxide solution for several days (extreme caution in handling this fluid). Then they must be soaked in water for at least another day and then dried for several more days, propped open with sticks.

We also do extensive restoration of old and damaged jaws, bringing them back to pristine condition.

As for pricing, we charge according to the size of the jaw and the amount of restoration or repair needed. An email with photos will allow a price quotation; shipping is charged to the customer.

Glenn & Heidi's

GREAT WHITE SHARK JAW

from Rick, reworked

BEFORE PHOTOS

Here is the work done on the small great white shark jaw we traded with Rick, he decided to re-work it.

Went ahead and soaked em for a day and a half. The good news is I was able to whiten them up and even remove some excess gum. The bad news is it will have to be repaired again in places but I wanted to do that anyway. Drying time first though. "We can rebuild him. Make him stronger, faster..."

AFTER PHOTOS

Inside photos

By the way, I got the rest of those teeth out and they are actually really good; not hollow but full fledged teeth, the largest is a little over 1 and1/4th of an inch. When positioned properly they look larger than the way I had them. I will need one tooth that is lacking a good base. I can send that one to you to match.. I'd stick with the originals but it's up to you. Another problem with larger teeth would be fitting them in the existing jaw.

Here's Glenn (right) and Rick (left) taken when Glenn picked up the jaw again.

They are done and I'm really happy with the way they turned out.

MR UGLY

GREAT WHITE SHARK JAW

BEFORE PHOTOS

Outer upper & lower jaw, close-up photos

Back of jaw, upper & lower close-up photos

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AFTER PHOTOS

And proudly hanging back on his Jaw Wall

Preparation of Megamouth Shark jaws

Preparation of Megamouth Shark jaw #2 (#SJ-255-2)

BEFORE PHOTOS

AFTER PHOTO

Preparation of Megamouth Shark jaw #3 (#SJ-255-3)

BEFORE PHOTOS

AFTER PHOTO
(both jaws 2 and 3)

HEMIPRISTIS SERRA LIVES!

MADE WITH FOSSIL TEETH

An ambitious project Rick has wanted to work on for years for himself...

He acquired an entire dentition of a fossil hemipristis shark jaw

Here is the finished jaw, shown

with a modern Hemipristis shark jaw inside of it

GREAT WHITE SHARK JAWS

THE BIG ONE is 32 wide by 28 height.

Worse shape than the small one. Bad teeth. Cracking.  I also have 1 large upper principle tooth 2.5 inches and 1 large lower principle tooth 2.3 inches that maybe could be good molds if needed.

THE SMALL JAW 27"x27"! They are in really great shape, just need some tissue removal mainly...teeth 2.2" .

EVOLUTION OF THE SMALL JAW

FINAL SHAPING

THE BEAUTIFUL "SMALL" JAW IS DONE!

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Here is a THIRD jaw measuring 31" wide, biggest principal tooth 2-7/16". Australian jaw brought into the country pre-1998.





HERE IT IS COMPLETED. WOW.



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GREAT WHITE SHARK JAW
Prepped November 2018
34" wide
2-3/8" primary principal tooth size
Paul Spinale's father caught this shark in the 1980's on a commercial fishing boat. A real monster. Paul is a firefighter in California.

We here at Where on Earth are proud of the quality & volume of work that Rick has done for us. We recommend his services to any that need a jaw re-worked. Contact info for Rick is above.

Glenn and Heidi Reed

Where on Earth

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